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The Florists' Review 



June 1, 1916. 



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U BUDLONG'S 

 S BLUE RIBBON 

 VALLEY for 



YOUR WEDDINGS 



A BIG CUT 



of Russell, Ophelia, Sunburst, Double White Killarney, 

 Killarney Brilliant, Pink Killarney, Richmond, Milady 

 and Ward Roses to offer, in addition to heavy supplies of Carnations, Sweet Peas, Callas, 

 Peonies, Galax, Asparagus Sprengeri, Adiantum, as well as other seasonable stock and 

 Greens. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



You can increase your profits and business 

 by sending all your orders direct to 



J.A.BUDLONG 



(h Av«nu«, CHICAQ* 



CUT FLOWERS 



184 North Wabash Avanua, CHICAQ* 

 ROSES, VAIiLEY and wufimAic 

 CARNATIONS Moiur. , 



A Specialty SnUWcR If 



PRICES 



AS 

 LOW 

 AS 

 OTHERS 



■V SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 'Vl 

 Wc are ia daily tMKfe with Mrket coaditioas aad whea a DEQINE Uiies place yM caa rdy apoa Mtlers seat US receiviai SUCH BENEFIT 



were scarce, but this helped in the 

 clearance of larger quantities that 

 otherwise never could have been sold. 

 "Valley, as usual, was on the short side. 

 Cattleyas lived up to their established 

 record of scarcity. Contrary to their 

 experience of a year ago, Easter lilies 

 played a small part in the holiday de- 

 mand. This, perhaps, was due to the 

 small supply. Baby gladioli enjoyed a 

 ready sale, as did sweet peas. The 

 latter, however, are not cemetery 

 flowers and consequently most of the 

 sales were in the line of regular busi- 

 ness. Some double white narcissi made 

 their appearance just in time to get in 

 on the rush. Cape jasmine was easily 

 one of the best sellers on the market. 

 Miscellaneous stock, though not clear- 

 ing in all cases, was moved with a fair 

 degree of celerity. Greens were in good 

 demand, particularly ferns, but these 

 were on the short side of the market. 



Express Drivers' Strike Situation. 



The strike of wagon men of the ex- 

 press companies is dragging its weary 

 way along without change, putting 

 wholesalers and growers to no end of 

 inconvenience and considerable expense. 

 Considering that the management had 

 all but lost the strike, a committee of 

 drivers was appointed last week to 

 fight the employers. Saturday evening, 

 in the midst of the Memorial day rush, 

 Manager Lautenschlager, of the Whole- 

 sale Florists ' Cartage Service, got word 

 that the permits to move perishable ar- 

 ticles past the pickets were to be can- 

 celed forthwith, especially as a whole- 

 sale florist had been seen loading peo- 

 nies on an American Express wagon. 

 Mr. Lautenschlager, accompanied by 

 Treasurer E. C. Amling, A. L. Randall 

 and F. M. Johnson, paid a visit to the 

 union headquarters and, after much soft 



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speech that put a severe strain on 

 tempers, succeeded in getting a renewal 

 of their permit from the new strike 

 committee. 



The wholesalers' cartage service still 

 is operating and is the sole dependence 

 of the market. The express companies 

 send occasional strike-breaker wagons 

 into the market section and let them 

 stand around under police guard, but 

 no real effort is made to give service. 

 Each morning there are rumors that 

 the next day will be the last of the 

 strike, but so far as any shipper can 

 see the situation is absolutely un- 

 changed. 



Dr. Enapp's Peony Plantings. 



Dr. A. J. Knapp, of Evansville, Ind., 

 who sends thousands of dozens of peo- 

 nies to the E. C. Amling Co. each May, 

 has been in town several days, "seeing 

 for himself how they come out of stor- 

 age, how they open up and how the 

 buyers take to them," as he told The 

 Review. 



"There are certain stages of life com- 

 mon to all males of the genus homo," 

 the Doctor said. "First comes marbles, 

 then tops, base ball, horse-racing and 

 motoring, but eventually paths diverge; 

 some take up golf, others flowers. As 

 for myself, the more 1 worry about my 

 practice the more peonies I plant." 

 And the evidence is the doctor must 

 have worried quite a bit of recent 

 years, as he increases his shipments 

 heavily each season. He now has two 

 places, one at Evansville, the other 

 twenty-five miles away at De Gonia. It 

 is a successful man's hobby, but run on 

 a broad commercial basis. 



"We begin to cut about May 10 and 

 finish within three weeks, so that most 

 of the crop must spend several days in 

 cold storage, for there is no possibility 

 of selling so large a quantity so quickly 

 except in Chicago at Memorial day," 

 he said. "Under these conditions the 

 important quality to be sought above 

 all others is keeping quality. If a 

 peony will not keep in storage and 



